THE NEW REPUBLIC.
MARTIAL LAW IN F>EKINO. By Tclecraph-Freas Assccintlon-ConsTiE'iS Poking, March 4. M.vtial law is opcraliny successfully in Peking. 'I'ho business riuarler of Paoting-fu was sacked. Nono of I hi- .vnmoiis wore destroyed, and no foreigner.-! woro injured. Fifteen hundred Chinesn Ironps stopped tho Irains from Peking to 'I'ion-tsiu. The Somersetshire liogiment deployed at (he Fcugtai Station and ordered thu Chines troops to clear nut within an hour. The Chinese did nnt move until seven hundred of the Innisltilling Kcgiment detrained, when they iled hurriedly.
PRETENDER TO THE THRONE, NORTH V. SOUTH DISPUTE. (Rec. March 5, 11.55 p.m.) Poking, March 5. A Pretender to the Throne has appeared in the person of Chn-Chciig-Yu, a descendant of the Emperor Wnn-li, of the Ming dynasty. Ho lias some supporters in tho provinces of Anhui and Ilupeh. Dr. Sun Yat Sen docs not insist on the President, Yuan-Shih-Kni, visiting Nanking. Four Republican delegates are returning to Nanking to urge the Republican (nvernment to go to Poking, to establish a coalition.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1381, 6 March 1912, Page 5
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168THE NEW REPUBLIC. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1381, 6 March 1912, Page 5
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